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Forbo Cleaning and Maintenance advice;Congratulations on receiving your new Forbo Marmoleum Floor. Your oor is protected by Topshield2,

an innovative and durable actory nish which should not be removed.The nish is part o the Marmoleum and the perect base or your ongoing use o the oor. In order to keep

your oor in optimum condition, the ollowing cleaning and maintenance methods are recommended:

Initial cleaning ater installation ;

To start o your oor ater installation it is important to remove all soil and concrete-dust.

1. Remove all loose soil, debris, sand and grit by sweeping, vacuuming, or dust mopping.

2. Mop the oor with neutral universal oor cleaner. Where appropriate, or example in larger or heavily

soiled areas, a rotary machine (150-300 rpm) or scrubber drier with red pad may be used. Tip: i cement

dust is present add approximately 2% o Citric or Acetic acid.

3. Remove the dirty water and rinse.

4. Let the oor dry completely beore use.

5. I required, dry or spray bu the oor with a rotary machine and a red pad.

The oor is now ready or use, and does not require any urther treatment or nish application. I the ap-

plication o additional nishes is being considered reer to FAQs later in this guide.

Regular cleaning ;

The choice or a regular cleaning method depends on the expected amount o dirt, wear and desired visual

appearance and hygiene standard.

1. Remove dust and loose dirt by vacuum cleaning, sweeping or mopping.

2. Remove spots, stains and spillages with a damp mop and a neutral universal oor cleaner.

3. In your regular cleaning system a combined cleaning and maintenance action may be required. For this

several systems can apply:

A soap lm system (Forbo Monel)

A wax based system

A spray system

Maintenance ;

The ollowing maintenance actions should be used when needed to maintain or restore a satisactory level

o appearance.

Ater the ollowing steps the oor is ready or regular cleaning again.

1. Sweep, mop or vacuum the oor to remove loose dust and soil.

2. Clean the oor with a rotary machine with a red pad and a neutral universal oor cleaner (Forbo

Cleaner). I required apply one o the maintenance product-types mentioned in point 3 under Regular

cleaning

For heavily soiled areas the ollowing steps can be completely or partially applied ater step 1.

1. Scrub with green pad and a neutral universal oor cleaner (Forbo Cleaner).

2. Rinse with clean water and allow the oor to dry.

3. Bu with a rotary machine with a red bufng pad. I required apply completely or partially one o the

maintenance product-types mentioned in point 3 under Regular cleaning

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Best practice: Tips or eective oor care

General advice

Protect newly laid oors

All newly laid oors should be covered and protected rom

all other trades during the contract with a suitable non-stain-

ing protective covering.

Use protective eet on chairs and tables to reduce scratching.

Castor wheels should be o sot material suitable or resilient

oor coverings (according to EN425 and EN12529)

Use Entrance Systems

As much as 80% o dirt entering a building is brought in by

oot trafc. Correct use o a good quality entrance barrier mat

(or example Forbo Coral and Nuway) is recommended and

can signicantly reduce the volume o dirt reaching smooth

oor coverings; reducing maintenance costs and maximising

appearance retention. It is generally accepted that a minimumarea o 4 10 steps is required beore soil is removed.

Cleaning

Regular cleaning is more benecial and cost

eective than occasional heavy cleaning.

Use recommended cleaning products. High quality

cleaning products and equipment ensure efcient

maintenance and represent only a small proportion o

maintenance costs.

Always ollow the manuacturers instructions or cleaning

products.

Always ollow the Health and Saety guidance provided.

Remember that light and uni-colours may need to be

cleaned more requently.

Proper use o Floor Care Chemicals

The improper use o high pH cleaners and strippers may

damage resilient ooring. Frequent treatment or inadequate

rinsing may cause cracking, shrinking, and/or discoloration.

Linoleum ooring should never be cleaned with high pH

chemicals because permanent damage may occur.

Abrasive powders or cleansers should not be used.

FAQ

How oten should I clean my oor?

The optimum requency or cleaning and maintenance is

determined by the way the oor is used. When producing a

cleaning and maintenance schedule it is good practice to

consider the situation o the oor rst: e.g. is it near an

entrance to the building or on an upper oor? Will it collect

dry or moist soil? What level o trafc will it be subjected to?

Can I polish my oor?

The advanced suraces applied on Forbo Linoleum do not

require the use o polish. However, i you do wish to polish

your oors this will not harm it or aect any product warran-

ties. I polish is to be applied do not attempt to remove the

surace nish.

Should you choose to apply an additional coating the

perormance properties o the ooring can change.

Tips & Tricks

Removing marks

Marks caused by Removed with

Chocolate, grease,egg, coee, juice, etc.

Neutral oor cleaner in lukewarm water

Asphalt, oil, rubber,soot

Cleaners white spirits

Crayons, lipstick,elt-tip

50% methylated spirit

Chewing-gumCool with cold spray or ice cubes andscrape.

Candle wax Remove hard wax gently. Place absorbentpaper on spot and iron at 70 C

Rust Oxalic or citric acid in lukewarm water

Burns Rub o using ne scouring nylon

Bufng tips

Spray or dry bufng enhances gloss, helps remove black

marks and repairs scratches. Be sure to bu with a clean

bufng pad.

Take good care o your pads. Check and ip when they get

soiled. Wash, rinse and hang to dry ater use.

Cleaning machines and pads

Pad codes

The colour codes indicating grades o pads will vary depend-

ing on the manuacturer/country, and also according to the

type o machine that is used, i.e. standard, high speed or ultra

high speed.

For example;

3M

Fine grade, or dry burnishingnon-buable polishes

White

For regular spray cleaning & lightscrubbing Red

For heavy duty cleaning/renovation Green/Blue

Stripping Green/Blue

High speed burnishingCheck with productmanuacturer

Machine speeds

For machine cleaning and maintenance, 150 to 300 rpm is

perectly suitable. For the spray method, 300 to 500 rpm is

the recommended speed or removing gloss irregularities

and restoring the oors original, optimum appearance.

Conductive Marmoleum Ohmex

To maintain conductivity o an Ohmex-oor it should be

cleaned only by cleaning and maintenance products that do

not reduce the conductivity o the ooring.